What It Means
Catillation is an obsolete word meaning: to lick one's plate. It has nothing to do with cats, except that they catillate quite a bit.
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Spotlight: Sandy Spring Gardens
This is an updated version of a previous article, just so the Olney Farmers Market newsletter can link to it for Opening Day. That’s this Sunday. See you there! Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reporting
Tagged Olney Farmers and Artists Market, Sandy Spring Gardens, Tom Farquhar
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Three Odd Things: The Chocolate Edition
Here’s an expeditious convergence: three dark brown delectable delicacies, each with a spin of strangeness. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating, Product Review
Tagged Brownie Points, chuao, emojis, exploding coal, okara flour, Renewal Mill
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Review: Eating Wild Japan: Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, with a Guide to Plants and Recipes, by Winifred Bird, illustrated by Paul Poynter.
Quick! What’s the first thing that springs to mind if I ask you what Japan and the Washington, DC area have in common? (Hint: it’s early Spring here.) Why, cherry trees in blossom, you’d answer, and you’d be right! So … Continue reading
Harmonic Convergence: Pi(e) Day and Guinness
Pi(e) day and St. Patrick’s Day combine for gastronomic sublimity and a little cognitive dissonance. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Product Review, Reporting
Tagged Guinness Open Gate Brewery, Harris Teeter, Pi(e) Day
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Unboxing, The New Thrill: Yo Mama’s Foods
Unboxing and reviewing products has replaced some of the delights of normal food blogging life. Continue reading
Mysteries of Bucatini
The question of the hour is: where has all the bucatini gone? The pandemic shelves are bare of toilet paper, bleach, and …bucatini?? Apparently so. Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged bucatini, Grub Street, Olney Farmers and Artists Market, pasta
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Three Odd Things, The Holiday Edition: Perversity, Mystery Pumpkins, and the War on Christmas
These things popped up within days of each other, and with suspicious proximity, as well. So here they are: The Perversion of a Perfectly Legitimate Citrus Fruit, The Great Pumpkin Mystery of Sandy Spring, and Victims of the War on Christmas. Continue reading
The Obscure Object of My Desire: Huitlacoche Found
In the middle of August in the middle of the week, I ran out of field-grown tomatoes. Not wanting to wait until the farmers market on Sunday, I went over to Sandy Spring Gardens, where Tom Farquhar raises organic vegetables … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged Huitlacoche, Mary Sue Milliken, Sandy Spring Gardens, Susan Feniger, Tom Farquhar
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Heirloom Yogurt: Feeding My Habit
A few days ago I made my seventy-first consecutive batch of yogurt. It all started in 2016, when I attended a workshop in yogurt-making as part of the biennial Les Dames D’Escoffier Symposium. The technique I learned there was way … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating
Tagged DIY, Fermenting, National Press Club, Susan Delbert, Yogurt
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From Noma to Noma, The Long Way Around
Review of Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World, by Jeff Gordinier. For anyone wondering if gonzo journalism died with Tom Wolfe, here is a book for you. Imagine a Kool-aid acid trip … Continue reading